What are the up-and-coming innovations with the potential to improve lives at scale? Our sector teams have thoroughly reviewed the evidence and today we’re sharing a new report highlighting 14 promising interventions: “Best Bets: Emerging Opportunities for Impact at Scale”: bit.ly/bestbetsipa #BestBetsIPA #EmergingInnovations
Innovations for Poverty Action
Research Services
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We discover and promote effective solutions to global poverty problems.
About us
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a research and policy non-profit that discovers and promotes effective solutions to global poverty problems. IPA brings together researchers and decision-makers to design, rigorously evaluate, and refine these solutions and their applications, ensuring that the evidence created is used to improve the lives of the world’s poor.
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http://www.poverty-action.org
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- Research Services
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- 501-1,000 employees
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- Washington, District of Columbia
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- Nonprofit
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- 2002
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- Research, Policy, International Development, Economics, Data, RCTs, Randomized Evaluations, and Evidence-based decisionmaking
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Rwanda’s National Examination and School Inspection Authority, Georgetown University Initiative on Innovation, Development, and Evaluation, and IPA co-hosted a two-day workshop in Kigali to present year 2 results of the Supporting Teacher Achievement in Rwandan Schools (STARS) adaptive trial for the 2023-2024 school year. STARS tests variations of pay-for-performance contracts, which were previously shown to motivate teachers to achieve better learning outcomes for students. ➡ The event kicked-off with remarks from representatives from IPA, Fonds d'Innovation pour le Développement, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and USAID. ➡ On the first day of the workshop, participants engaged in discussion on several topics such as the long-run impact of STARS including scaling and ways to improve teacher value-added estimation for better learning outcomes. These insights will contribute to shaping the third year of the program which will be further discussed on the second day of the workshop. ➡The Rwanda Minister of Education Gaspard Twagirayezu closed Day 1 by emphasizing the central role of evidence-based tools such as STARS in Rwanda's foundational learning strategy. Imihigo, deeply rooted in Rwandan culture, is also pivotal in driving education improvements. ✨ Learn more about STARS: bit.ly/ipaugstars #EmbeddedEvidenceLabs #IPARwanda #MoreEvidenceLessPoverty
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Low savings levels are particularly pronounced in low- and middle-income countries. In #Chile, only 31% of the population aged 15 years or older and 27% of the poorest 40 percent had saved in a financial institution. Research in Chile suggests that delivering subsidies via bank transfers enhanced access to bank accounts by 12 percentage points but did not increase #savings on average. However, participants with no previous positive account balances experienced an increase in savings. bit.ly/cuentachl ⤵️Learn more about thisimpact evaluation funded by IPA and the Inter-American Development Bank and conducted in collaboration with the Ministerio de Desarrollo Social de Chile, BancoEstado and researchers Abhijit Banerjee, Claudia Martinez, and Esteban Puentes: bit.ly/cuentachl Photo: Shutterstock
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IPA and the Ministry Of Education, Kenya (MOE) recently shared valuable insights on co-designing the Education Evidence Hub to support integrating data and evidence into decision-making, policies, and programs. ➡️Adapting the process to local contexts and education priorities is an important step to ensure that the Evidence Hub can effectively inform education policies with data and evidence, leading to better outcomes. ➡️Building capacity and providing resources are crucial to sustaining the Education Evidence Hub. ➡️Strong partnerships with education development partners such as The LEGO Foundation, USAID, UNICEF, and What Works Hub for Global Education, are key to pushing forward the vision of data-driven decision-making. Together, we can achieve better learning outcomes in Kenya. Learn more about our work in Kenya: bit.ly/ipakenya #EmbeddedEvidenceLabs #MoreEvidenceLessPoverty #IPAKenya
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🇷🇼 This week, Fid team is in Rwanda for a first assessment of the STARS project, a three-year adaptive trial aimed at enhancing education. 🧑🏽🏫 The "Supporting Teacher Achievement in Rwandan Schools" (STARS) project, led by Georgetown University in collaboration with the Ministry of Education of Rwanda and Innovations for Poverty Action, aims to improve student outcomes through performance-based contracts for teachers. 📆 This project supported by FID runs from April 2022 to March 2025 and focuses on scaling up the pay-for-performance model in 10 of 30 Rwandan school districts. 📈 It builds on previous successful trials that provided evidence of learning impact. In a randomized controlled trial conducted in partnership with the Rwanda Education Board (REB) (Leaver et al., 2021), STARS enabled annual learning gains equivalent to an additional year of learning under the status quo (Crawfurd, 2021), reaching approximately 35,000 students per year. These learning gains were achieved without increasing teachers' salary expenses. During the first two years, STARS successfully implemented the program in the 10 proposed partner districts, reaching a total of 343 schools. Measured in person-years, STARS impacted 11,449 teachers and 702,723 primary school students. ➡️ We will update you on the first results of this project during the week! In the meantime, learn more about this project: https://lnkd.in/eqUwh9E3
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IPA is honored to be recognized by Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) as one of its Outstanding Partners for the second year in a row at the 2024 Outstanding BSP Stakeholders Appreciation Ceremony held in Manila. This award underscores IPA’s dedication to advancing financial inclusion through innovative solutions. BSP recognized IPA for its “pilot study on responsible pricing needed in the development of a policy framework and reporting requirements for BSP-supervised institutions”. IPA aims to strengthen BSP’s technical capacity for monitoring and safeguarding consumer rights through new data collection methods and increased data analysis. Learn more about our work with BSP:bit.ly/ipabspcp Other recognized organizations include the LandBank of the Philippines and The World Bank. Read the Press Release from BSP: bit.ly/ipabsp2024
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We're excited to share a new article by IPA’s Sarah Kabay and Rebecca Smith on the transformative impact of #childcare, one of #BestBetsIPA (bit.ly/bestbetsipa). The article draws insights from a review of ten randomized evaluations of childcare studies in low- and middle-income countries has been published on VoxDev. It highlights the need for a more comprehensive and multi-generational approach that considers the effects of childcare on all caregivers in the family, as well as the childcare workforce. Read the article to learn why we need to work together to unlock the potential of quality, affordable and accessible childcare for children, families and society: bit.ly/082324vox Read the Evidence Review: bit.ly/briefchildcare
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🆕 Realising childcare’s full potential in low- and middle-income countries Today on VoxDev, Sarah Kabay & Rebecca Smith at Innovations for Poverty Action outline their findings from their review of the research on childcare interventions. They synthesised findings from ten randomised evaluations of childcare interventions in low- and middle-income countries. They argue that one key concern for the field is that #childcare research, policy, and programmes often operate in silos, focused on either #earlychildhooddevelopment or #womensempowerment. This has limited our ability to assess and understand its full impact. They highlight five main insights that help us understand the potential impacts of childcare, and where more work is needed ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/eJiX5ne6
Realising childcare’s full potential in low- and middle-income countries
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Did you know that IPA’s Research Methods Initiative (RMI) has funded over 25 studies through competitive funding? Javier Romero Haaker, one of the recipients, explores whether adding privacy during phone surveys leads to more truthful reporting and better measures of women's agency. Watch this video as he explains his research and the potential impact of his findings. Learn more about RMI and our commitment to advancing #research methods: bit.ly/iparesearchmethods #ResearchMethods #MoreEvidenceLessPoverty
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The introduction of new payment technologies can greatly impact how #consumers spend money, in turn influencing businesses’ decisions to adopt, and ultimately their sales outcomes. Following the rollout of debit cards to #Prospera #CashTransfer recipients in #Mexico, corner stores increased their adoption of point-of-sale (POS) terminals by 18%. Other consumers adopted debit cards & shifted spending to corner stores, boosting sales & profits. In areas outside the rollout, most corner store owners estimated lower changes in profits & new customers if they adopted POS terminals than what actually occurred in rollout areas. Read more about this study by Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management researcher Sean Higgins & the survey of corner store owners in non-rollout localities with IPA Mexico: bit.ly/posmex #IPAMexico #MoreEvidenceLessPoverty #Finclusion
Assessing the Adoption of Point-of-sale Technology by Corner Stores in Mexico | IPA
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